Solitreo
Judeo-español" in Solitreo and Rashi
scripts
Solitreo (
typographic ligatures
than the Modern Hebrew script.
Historically, Solitreo served as the standard handwritten form of
Judeo-Arabic manuscripts. While both the Balkan and Maghrebine-Levantine forms are called Solitreo, they are quite distinctive and readers familiar with one type may find the other difficult to read.[1]
With the decline of Judaeo-Spanish and the dispersion of Sephardic population centres, examples of Solitreo have become scarce. The February 2012 digitization of a Jewish merchant's memoir from late 19th century Thessaloniki, Ottoman Empire by scholars from Stanford University provided a new, high-quality resource for scholars of Judaeo-Spanish and Solitreo.[2]
Comparison with square Hebrew
| Hebrew letters in Solitreo and square type | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
א =
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ב =
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ג =
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ד =
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ה =
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ו =
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ז =
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ח =
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ט =
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י =
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כ =
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ך =
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ל =
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מ =
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ם =
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נ =
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ן =
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ס =
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ע =
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פ =
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ף = 
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ץ =
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ק =
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ר =
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ש =
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ת =
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References
- ^ Cursive Hebrew, 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia
- ^ The Ladino Manuscript
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Solitreo script.
- A guide to the Ladino language
- LadinoType - A Ladino Transliteration System for Solitreo, Meruba, and Rashi
- Documenting Judeo-Spanish
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